# Templates

Templates is a core plugin that lets you insert pre-defined snippets of text into your active note.

# Set your template folder

  1. In the bottom-left corner, click Settings ( ).
  2. Under Core plugins → Templates → Template folder location, enter the folder containing your templates.

# Insert a template into the active note

Important: To insert a template, you need to first Set your template folder.

  1. In the ribbon, click Insert template.
  2. Select the template to insert at the cursor position in the active note.

# Template variables

You can add dynamic information to your templates, using template variables. When you insert a template containing a template variable, Templates replaces it with its corresponding value.

Variable Description
{{title}} Title of the active note.
{{date}} Today's date. Default format: YYYY-MM-DD.
{{time}} Current time. Default format: HH:mm.

Both {{date}} and {{time}} allow you to change the default format using a format string.

To set a format string, add a colon (:) followed by a string of Moment.js format tokens, for example {{date:YYYY-MM-DD}}.

You can use {{date}} and {{time}} interchangeably with format strings, for example {{time:YYYY-MM-DD}}.

You can change the default date and time formats under Settings → Templates → Date format and Settings → Templates → Time format.